Data sources

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Sourced8 Differs from sources5 Source not recorded14 Not on the record5 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. Pl.: 497 (1753)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1753	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Sulphur cinquefoil	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Family common name	Rose family	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Medit. to Xinjiang and Iran	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	47 cm	46.6 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 67 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 7, 25, 66, 133, 164, 175, 203, 251, 419, 500, 569, 729, 866, 917, 918, 925	Differs from sources
Biological type	hemicryptophyte	hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 232 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 175, 203, 500, 918, 925	Sourced
Flower color	yellow	yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Sourced
Foliage texture	medium	medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71	Sourced
Fruit color	empty	brown · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Growth habit	Forb/herb	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Maximum height	68 cm	67.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 7, 25, 66, 133, 164, 175, 203, 251, 419, 500, 569, 729, 866, 917, 918, 925	Differs from sources
Sexuality	hermaphrodite	hermaphrodite · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 365	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	may, jun, jul	feb, may, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174, 203	Differs from sources
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 236 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 7, 25, 28, 71, 164, 175, 203, 365, 403, 882, 918, 925	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	4 / 9 · moderately dry air	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ground humidity	3 / 12 · rather dry (xerophilous)	3 / 12 · rather dry (xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 203, 242	Sourced
Light	9 / 9 · full sun	8 / 9 · light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 489	Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 445	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 7	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 6.5	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil nutriments	2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic)	3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489	Differs from sources
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489	Sourced
Other
Propagation method	—	seed · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	6 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 203, 242	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 203, 242	Not on the record

Potentilla recta L., 1753 45% complete

Sulphur cinquefoil

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